Menendez brothers are eligible for parole after judge reduces sentences

They are now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26.

Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Dept. of Corrections via AP)

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge has ruled.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.